If like me you’ve been using WordPress since the beginning – or at least prior to December 2012, you might remember the old WordPress Links Manager (sometimes also known as Blogroll). However, this functionality was removed by default from WordPress version 3.5 onward. Yes, on the one-hand, links like that are a bit old-fashioned, however, … Continue Reading
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WordPress – Install Contact Form 7 and Minimise Spam Without Missing Messages
WordPress tutorial – how to install Contact Form 7 with message logging, Google CAPTCHA V2 integration and extra anti-spam measures Step 1 – install the required plug-ins From your WordPress dashboard, go to the plug-ins menu and select ‘add new.’ Search for, install and then activate the following: Contact Form 7 Really Simple Captcha Insert … Continue Reading
WordPress – change the default ‘from’ information
The default email address and from name in WordPress notification emails can be easily changed by editing your functions.php file Simply add the following code (remembering to change the email address and name to the ones you want to use instead) add_filter(‘wp_mail_from’, ‘new_mail_from’); add_filter(‘wp_mail_from_name’, ‘new_mail_from_name’); function new_mail_from($old) { return ‘yourname@yourdomain.com’; } function new_mail_from_name($old) { return … Continue Reading